The Most Wanted List

Multiplies faster than your excuses for not calling us.

Wanted

American Cockroach

Periplaneta americana

Flew in uninvited and brought 40 bacterial friends along.

Wanted

House Mouse

Mus musculus

Left 70 droppings in your kitchen drawer overnight. No remorse.

Wanted

Norway Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Chewed through a gas line just to see what would happen.

Wanted

Bed Bug

Cimex lectularius

Hitchhiked home in your luggage and immediately claimed the mattress.

Wanted

Carpenter Ant

Camponotus spp.

Renovating your walls without a permit since the Carter administration.

Wanted

Subterranean Termite

Reticulitermes spp.

Caused $5 billion in U.S. property damage last year. Still at large.

Wanted

Black Widow

Latrodectus mactans

Venom 15x stronger than a rattlesnake's. Lives under your deck chair.

Wanted

Brown Recluse

Loxosceles reclusa

Hiding in your closet since March. You've already shaken hands twice.

Wanted

Yellow Jacket

Vespula spp. / Dolichovespula spp.

moderate

Stung three people at a Labor Day cookout. Still defending the potato salad.

Wanted

Mosquito

Culicidae family (multiple species)

moderate

Responsible for more human deaths than any other animal in history. Also ruined your camping trip.

Wanted

Silverfish

Lepisma saccharina

low

Eating your grandmother's photos and your college diploma. No motive. No remorse.